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Still Confused Which Agile Certification To Choose?

December 6, 2019

On average 67% of professionals, have worked on four Agile projects in a year, according to the 2015 state of Scrum Survey Report conducted by Scrum Alliance. Apparently, the world is moving in successfully applying the most popular Agile approaches to their projects. And to answer the demand, there is a range of Agile frameworks and methods topped by respected certification programs. These certifications are also ranging from entry to the advanced enterprise levels. First and foremost, it is important…

How to Calculate Communication Channels?

December 5, 2019

Saket Bansal

PMP®, Project Communications Management

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Whether you lead a project, own the product delivery, or involved as a subject matter expert, you are all in the communication business. In this business, effective communication is the most important success factor. And, increasing communication complexity is a major obstacle to ineffective communication. Now the question is how to discover your project communication complexity? The answer lies in the number of people who are communicating with each other. Knowing the number of people in the project brings awareness…

How to Earn 60 PDUs for Free and Maintain Your PMP®Certification

December 5, 2019

Saket Bansal

Certification, CSM, PMI-ACP®, PMI-PBA®, PMP®, Scrum

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After every three years, Project Management Professional (PMP)® certified professional needs to renew their credentials. PMP® certified professionals need to have earned sixty PDUs during these three years. I often get several queries related to PDUs for PMP® certification, how do we earn sixty PMP® PDUs? And is it an expensive affair and so on. After Dec 2015 CCR changes, the ways of earning PMP® PDUs became easy and flexible. And you can choose them as per your interest…

How To Fill The Work Experience Details In PMP®Application Form? (PMP Sample application included )

December 5, 2019

Saket Bansal

Certification, PMP®

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“What is this ‘4500 hours of PMP® application hours of Work Experience Details in PMP® Application Form?” Today, I am addressing this frequently asked question by PMP® aspirants during my introductory sessions. Before getting started on PMP® journey by enrolling in a PMP® program, the question of eligibility criteria is of utmost importance. Project Management Institute (PMI)® offers the world’s most sought-after professional certification, Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification. To meet its eligibility criteria professionals are required to furnish a typical description of…

Difference between mitigation and contingency plan

Know the Difference between Mitigation plan and Contingency Plan

December 4, 2019

Saket Bansal

PMP®, Project Risk Management

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A project manager and the team have a high reliance on delivering a successful project. The team has to explore risk factors that may impact the project. For these risks, effective responses are a necessity. Risk mitigation and contingency response planning are one of them. But, it confuses many for the underlying differences. In this blog, I am addressing these response strategies and the difference between mitigation and contingency plan. Let’s begin with PMBOK® Guide definitions of Mitigation and Contingency…